The U.S. airstrike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, following Israel’s successful operation, has left the situation uncertain. Key questions remain: Did America cripple Iran’s nuclear program? How will Iran retaliate? And could this crisis lead to regime change?
Ukraine’s battlefield innovations in drones, AI, and electronic warfare offer the US a critical preview of future conflict. Partnering with Ukraine now could help modernize America’s defense and avoid strategic lag.
The UCP is overdue for a major update, as it no longer lends itself to a grand strategy aimed at deterring Chinese aggression.
With the potential return of a global war, it is time to reconsider the Joint Staff’s historical role of coordinating global operations during a conflict.
The president and the secretary of defense have the power to issue new UCPs at their will. They should exercise that power now.
President Trump has moved to constrain birthright citizenship, and a number of constitutional scholars have questioned whether the 14th Amendment in fact requires it. They make serious arguments, but they ultimately misconstrue the 14th Amendment. According to the best reading of the text, all individuals born on American soil are American citizens. The marginal exceptions to this rule tend to prove the rule rather than refute it.
Who is in charge of the Library of Congress: Congress or the president? Until recently, the settled answer in Washington was that the world’s largest library was, as its name states, a legislative branch agency.
There is no credible way for the United States to seal itself off from the effects of China’s actions.
Conservative lawmakers and activists have demanded for months that the president and Congress legally cancel billions in federal spending the administration has already withheld—a sum Democrats peg at over $400 billion.
Elections held in the first half of 2025 suggest that Trump’s victory and the way he has governed since have, on balance, hurt the right-wing nationalist movement around the world more than they helped.
COMMENTARY
The purpose and promise of China’s International Organization for Mediation
If IOMed proves to be effective, it will be a serious competitor to the existing international dispute settlement mechanisms.
Justices Alito and Gorsuch urge a major reevaluation of the Supreme Court’s Confrontation Clause doctrine, calling the current framework—established in Crawford v. Washington—confusing and unworkable.
Trump’s “Gold Standard Science” executive order undermines scientific integrity by politicizing federal research, rolling back anti-interference protections, and enabling industry-friendly policies at the expense of public health and environmental studies.
Trump’s new “gold standard” executive order claims to improve scientific transparency but actually politicizes federal science, enabling political appointees to dismiss studies that contradict their agenda—mirroring tactics used by tobacco and fossil fuel industries.
